By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Monday, October 26, 2026A building considered to be the Bishop’s Palace of Altino, Italy, likely the first church in the Venetian Lagoon if the 5th-century chronology is confirmed, was excavated during the 2025 campaign of Ca’ Foscari University (Prof. Diego Calaon). It is located within the large Archaeological Park and partially beneath the modern road. | Screenshot/YouTube/ArchaeoReporter
Archaeologists in northern Italy have identified the likely site of an early Christian church that St. Jerome described in a letter in A.D. 396, along with a nearby building believed to have been the bishop’s palace in the ancient city of Altino.
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